Sentence examples for shocked gaze from inspiring English sources

In a game televised around the world, a gigantic swastika materialised on the pitch under the shocked gaze of European football officials.

Western governments, having overtly supported the blockade for two years, now fasten their shocked gaze upon the tormented and devastated Gaza they have created, as if they were mere spectators.

It is difficult not to feel a sensation of loss and disorientation when confronted with a landscape that seems to be breaking up; where the familiarity and solidity granted it by our habitual gaze is shocked by presences that go beyond our capacity for understanding, appal us and leave us breathless.

A nude woman who calmly walked into two New York businesses this week shocked employees and attracted the gaze of more than one startled shopper.

All alone, Murdock catches a glimpse of this mysterious sniper through his binoculars and is shocked to find that he gazes upon the figure of a beautiful nun.

As they pose Pieta-style or engage in secret missions on the stairs, there is the sense that they are always fully aware at what is happening; their direct gazes challenge viewers to be shocked or titillated by this voyeurism.

Manet's parodic glorification of a prostitute shocked the 19th-century public with her direct gaze.

He looked shocked and speechless and I turned back to the mirror, avoiding his gaze completely, feeling ashamed.

She turned her gaze to my hand and gave me a look of disgust that shocked me in its severity, pulled her arm away and loudly said "don't touch me" as if I had soiled her with my hand.

I was shocked, I admit, but I managed to look upon this manchild with kindness, as an angel might gaze down upon a sleeping baby, offering nothing but love and compassion, straight from my heart.

We were shocked – shocked!